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Also Known As neurocranium

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Illustration of a human skull showing both lateral (side) and frontal views, with major bones of the cranium and face labeled in different colors, including the parietal, frontal, temporal, occipital, sphenoid, ethmoid, nasal, lacrimal, zygomatic, maxilla, mandible, vomer, and inferior nasal concha.
View of the base of a modern human skull with labeled anatomical features, including the foramen magnum, occiput, occipital condyle, glenoid fossa, zygomatic arch, and palate.
Anatomical diagram showing the base of the human skull from an inferior view, with labeled bones and features including the maxilla, palatine, zygomatic, sphenoid, frontal, temporal, parietal, occipital bones, and major foramina and processes.
Diagram of the internal surface of the human skull showing labeled anatomical features of the cranium, including the anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossae, foramina, and bone structures.
replica skull of Lucy
Lateral view of an Australopithecus africanus skull found at Sterkfontein, S.Af.
reconstructed replica of the Taung skull
reconstructed replica of “Mrs. Ples,” an Australopithecus africanus skull
Reconstructed skull of Peking man, based on Homo erectus specimens found at Zhoukoudian, China, and dated to approximately 230,000–770,000 years ago.
Peking man
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Bergmann, Ernst von
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Daniel Lieberman
Daniel Lieberman
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William W. Howells
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Anders Adolf Retzius
Swedish anatomist and anthropologist

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